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Eight Elements of News

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Logan Aimone
Logan Aimone

A very basic presentation to introduce beginning journalism students to news values and the goals of journalism.

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8 Elements of News What is news? Why is it news? Why is it published?
Timeliness ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Currency ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Conflict ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Consequence ,[object Object],[object Object]
Prominence ,[object Object],[object Object]
Proximity ,[object Object],[object Object]
Human Interest ,[object Object],[object Object]
Oddity ,[object Object],[object Object]
Three goals of journalism ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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